Renovation and reconstruction of universities
The first and foremost responsibility of a university is to meet the needs of
society
Sanjay N Khanal, Page 69

CORRESPONDENCE

Flood of discoveries in Nepal!
Access to full text of world's 7000 leading journals will revalue the role of
TUCL
Krishna M Bhandary, Page 71

Marketing science journals
The wide circulation of a journal is as important as its publication
Bharat B Shrestha, Page 71

WTO casts a shadow over Nepal's natural legacy
Can't live with it, can't live without it. Confused? The golden rule: Economic
priorities should not be allowed to outweigh environmental imperatives
Krishna Roka, Page 72

COMMENTARY

Poaching: Get a grip on it
To prevent wildlife trade, we are limited by our defective activity
Ravi S Aryal, Page 73

Why we must fight biopiracy
Through the subtle process of 'reverse technology transfer,' rich countries
are benefiting unjustly from the knowledge and technology of poor countries
Martin Khor, Page 74
Reprinted from "SciDev.Net," 23 August 2002; PDF not available. SciDev.net
is a free access website.

Basket case science, basket case society
The utter failure of science in Nepal is built into our own system
Udayaraj Khanal, Page 77

Reasoning for results
A huge collection of data is nothing if we cannot make a hypothesis. Thinking
over the result is as important as getting the data
Dennis Bray, Page 79
Reprinted from "Nature," Volume 412, Issue 6850, page 863; PDF not available

POLICY

Direct payments to conserve biodiversity
Sometimes it pays to buy what you want rather than try to finesse it
Paul J Ferraro and Agnes Kiss, Page 81